Ebook Heat shock proteins in neural cells

Ebook "Heat shock proteins in neural cells" address the role of heat shock proteins and cellular stress responses in the brain, with a major focus on nerve cells and glia, namely oligodendrocytes and astrocytes. Chapter 1 summarizes the classification and functional roles of heat shock proteins which are particularly abundant in brain cells. The next chapters deal with the physiological functions of heat shock proteins in the regulation and maintenance of the cytoskeleton (Chapter 2), their role in the regulation of neuronal differentiation and development (Chapter 3), and cell death (Chapters 4 and 5).